Thursday, October 25, 2007

KETV-7 weekend sports anchor Matt Schick has one of the most popular blogs going right now in Omaha. His “Schick’s Shtick” blog at KETV.com generated more than 15,000 views last week and hundreds of responses from readers. The only other local TV sportscasters’ blog – by Dave Webber, Ross Jernstrom and Merlyn Klaus at WOWT.com – had received three responses for its past two blog posts this week.

“Last year the most (responses) we would receive was around 115 following a loss, and that was only if we plugged it during the Big Red Zone,” said Schick, who has written a blog (aka Web log) for the past 15 months.

“This year’s response has been much bigger. For instance, following the loss at Missouri we had 231 posts. Following the Oklahoma State game we had 300. Then roughly another 250 following the firing of Pederson and the hiring of Osborne.”

According to KETV.com Webmaster Shiloh Woolman, so far this October, Schick’s blog had 19,766 visits, compared to 2,082 visits in October of 2006.

“I can tell you that the hits go way up the worse it gets,” Schick said. “Unfortunately, if the Huskers stay in this valley for a while, fans will probably grow numb to the defeats and become less emotional about the losses.”

117 comments:

T.R. McCoy
said...

It's pretty unfortunate though that Matt has accomplished this by being so negative and downright insulting with regard to the overall program. It's pretty easy to generate a big response when you, for all intents and purposes, start the offensive ball rolling yourself. I consider Matt's blog to actually be a little less obnoxious than many of his on-air remarks.

Let's be honest. For a New York born, Colorado U educated, former Huskers hater to conjure up some vitriol for Nebraska is hardly a reach.

You need to be careful to not equate the response to his negativity as representative of any kind of journalistic integrity or quality.

Why don't you do a little research to back up your claim of "one of the most popular blogs in Omaha". Lets see the numbers you compared with Schick's to come up with that claim. You DID check other blog's numbers right? Or didn't Shiloh spoon feed those to you?

No kidding, "6:35 p.m.,!!!" I know for a fact that Harold Andersen gets way more hits on his blog than "Schick's Shit." And if you want REAL blog action, there are ten times more blogs on wowt, way more than ketv. Every on air personality has a blog at wowt.com!

Regardless of Schick's alma mater, or his blog, he's the most talented sportscaster on any television station in the market. Bar none. And no, I don't work in TV, nor am I Matt Schick or any of his relatives. Just a fan of his work.

Glad you can judge someone so well just by "having ran into Matt in person". Matt is a VERY nice young Christian boy. (sorry Matt) He brings some fun and well executed humor into this sports market that isn't to be had from the boooor-ing Ch. 6 fellas and the Trav-ass Just-ass bitchfest over at Attack 3 News.

I for one just turn the television off when Schick comes on. Sorry, can't stand the guy with his smug attitude and "high on himself" demeanor. He just irritates me. Thank god for the "off" and "mute" buttons on the remote!!! Give me the guys at six any day.

Jim, Give Matt credit for initiative and hustle and that he does a nice job on the air. But your comparison to Channel 6 Sports totally lacks context. Looking at their website it appears their first posts were last week. Now they may never come close to Matt in hits and comments but at this point your comparison is totally meaningless. P.S. And quoting Shiloh's numbers really makes your story look like a KETV press release.

Matt is by far the best in Omaha. He has talent and will be working in Bristol someday. Bank on it. In the meantime, all of the kernals will be off of Webber's corn cob, JJ Davis will swearing at the RN at the nursing home for having green jello instead of red, Schutz will lose all of his hair and thus his gig and Travis will explode by eating one more jelly donut on the TnT show. Bank on that too.

It's merely my opinion thank you very much. Just as you have yours. I like the six guys because they are hometown people. Schick is far too national for my tastes. Thus, I will continue to ban him from my television just as I am certain you will continue to watch him. Isn't it nice that we are all not the same? :)

Geez 9:07 - nice post. Matt is good and you have the right to sing his praises -- but the rest of the guys make their contributions and have found their own niche. Everybody has different tastes. I guess I missed the memo where yours is the only one that counts

i think matt's success compared to the success of the guys at six is kind of what's going on in this market... do we stick to the hometown feel that is nebraska, or lean toward the bigger city vibe that a lot of omahans reach for? it's interesting that km3's big market approach fails, while matt's doing well - how well I dont know, but obviously well. and so what if he looks like those guys on espn.... if any talent in town where anchoring like the talent on cnn, you wouldn't mock them for being copycats, you'd say they were doing a great job and are way better than this market.

10:36 How do you measure success? People responding to a blog? Last time I checked there was something called ratings. I agree with others, Matt does a nice job, he's young, talented and aggressive. Some people like him, some don't. He probably will move on to bigger things. But snarky and sarcastic may work better in Bristol than it does in midsize Midwest markets.

So let me get this straight. They didn't actually do a newscast this evening on KETV. Instead they broadcast Matt Schick relishing another Husker loss and they bring in some former player who, by the look of him, has done WAY too many drugs in his time.

I could only deal with it for about 30 seconds and I decided to switch to a rerun of 24.

Sorry, but again, it comes down to trust here folks. I trust the sports anchors over at Channel 6 more than I do at any other station in town. Matt is young and very talented, but having a college-kid look-alike who comes from Colorado telling me about the Huskers just doesn't cut it.

The folks over at the big six have been around for years. They know this city, the sports landscape and so much more. The fellas over at Channel 7 and Action 3 are very good, but they lack a lot of the trust which Channel 6 has worked hard to gain from many viewers over the years.

I watch all three channels, but I can tell you, boring at times as it may seem over at the big six, the folks there know what they're talking about, they get it, and they get it right!

The thing about Schick is how hard he works. As someone who's worked with him, I can tell you he has hustle. And he honestly does like living in Nebraska, even if he's from upstate NY and went to school at Colorado. He brings a different flavor than what we're used to, but what's wrong with that? So maybe he strikes some as more sarcastic than your typical Nebraskan. But he's got the work ethic and values we around here appreciate.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't he say in the OCW story that if the Huskers kept losing, people would "become less emotional about it?" Sounds like his prediction was accurate, considering the decrease in posts.

Yet Perrault's ratings suck raw eggs on a hot summers day in the middle of Miami that have been sitting out for too long. They stink. The only thing huge on Perrault is his ego. He is the greatest of all time if you ask him. He is an unofficial member of MENSA too because he simply isn't wrong, ever. Again, just ask him. I mean, when he said Cosgrove was going to Minnesota (and he didn't sadly) that wasn't Perrault's fault, it was Cosgrove's because Perrault is never wrong.

Could we please stay on topic...? Please...! For god's sake people this is an entry about Matt Schick; a young man that is doing a tremendous job and undoubtedly we will see him on the national level one day. Let's get the comments back to him and save the Perrault bashing for another entry pertaining more to him.

And, in other news from the alternate universe: The Ross Perot Presidential Library is scheduled to open on Friday, Bill Callahan dismissed speculation that his Cornhuskers are poised to win their 4th straight national championship, MySpace.com is set to be dismantled due to lack of interest, and Senator Rosie O'Donnell continued to criticize Anne Coulter's attempts to legalize same-sex marriage.

I think Matt brings style to sports. He is refreshing and fun to watch. Sports can be really dry, but Matt puts a spin on it and keeps you wondering about what he'll say next. It's sports news with a kick.

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